Other Person: Thomas Jefferson was the second President.
Me: I don’t think that is correct.
OP: Sure it is.
Me: No, I really don’t think so.
OP: Who was it then?
Me: John Adams.
OP: No, It was Thomas Jefferson. I saw the movie.
Me: I read the book.
I have been asked to explain the differences between Chicago and New York, having lived in both for a number of years. I am asked this more frequently by people from Chicago. I have struggled to quickly and accurately illustrate the fundamental difference in a way that will be meaningful for Chicagoans, and finally, Google [...]
I tried that “make a random album cover” meme from Best Week Ever (where you use random quotes, Wikipedia articles, and Flickr to create an album cover for a fake band) and I got this. My band seems like a sad solo artist. Cheer up, dude.
Update: I tried again and got a happier guy.
Ok, last [...]
For those of you not following this saga — read this first. Now, the New York Times weighs in on the debacle that is “Seven Pounds:”
Frankly, though, I don’t see how any review could really spoil what may be among the most transcendently, eye-poppingly, call-your-friend-ranting-in-the-middle-of-the-night-just-to-go-over-it-one-more-time crazily awful motion pictures ever made. I would tell you [...]
Freakonomics is looking for a six word inauguration speech for Obama — in the vein of that six word biography book, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure.”
Despite my extreme obscurity, no one asked me to contribute to that book, but for what it’s worth here’s what I would [...]
Just a hunch I have.
Apparently, I have perfect color vision. Finally, a skill.
Do not play this game. It is like crack. You will play it a couple times, keep getting better, and then you will realize that in order to get high score you must dedicate your life to the game. And then you will, of course, do just that. Warning. Do not play.
Pit bull’s cloner outed as Mormon’s kidnapper